Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.

You should always go to other people's funerals, otherwise, they won't come to yours.

You can observe a lot by just watching.

It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.

Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

All pitchers are liars or crybabies.

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.

Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator.

Would it hurt to die?

One of the greatest discoveries you could actually discover in life is the treasure of solitude.

It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.

With all my heart, I seek to reach the Holy Land.

You have to understand, having a good time is not my idea of having a good time.

The tendency of all strong governments has always been to suppress liberty, partly in order to ease the processes of rule, partly from sheer disbelief in innovation.

For my best poems were all written when I felt the worst. When I was happy, I didn't write anything.

There is no second country for an Englishman, except a ship and the sea.

As a rule, one should never place form over content.

The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.